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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Rose Marie Cushman of Geneva, who passed
4 away on July 1, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Rose Marie Cushman was born on October 23, 1955 in
6 Lima, Ohio; her parents were Phyllis and Henry Dietrich; she
7 was baptized on November 13, 1955 at Zion Lutheran Church in
8 Schumm, Ohio and confirmed on March 22, 1970 at Immanuel Church
9 in Lima, Ohio; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Rose Marie Cushman graduated from Bowling Green
11 State University with a bachelor's degree in interior design in
12 1978; she then moved to Chicago to begin her professional
13 career; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Rose Marie Cushman married her loving husband,
15 Gary, at First St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Chicago on
16 September 26, 1981; they lived in Chicago before moving to
17 Geneva in 1986; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Rose Marie Cushman enjoyed working at the Chicago
19 Merchandise Mart; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Rose Marie Cushman is survived by her husband,

 

 

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1 Gary Cushman; her daughter, Sarah Cushman; her mother, Phyllis
2 Dietrich; and her sisters, Deborah (Mark) Williams and Lynda
3 (Stephen) Richards; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Rose Marie Cushman will be remembered by all who
5 knew and loved her as a natural fighter and optimist, whose
6 concern for others was sincere; therefore, be it
 
7     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
8 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
9 her family and friends, the passing of Rose Marie Cushman; and
10 be it further
 
11     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to the family of Rose Marie Cushman as an expression
13 of our sympathy.